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div or table based templates? DRake DIV is based on divs, i just
tested this one. advantages/disadvatages... anyone?
trex1512
Re: div or table based templates?
13 December 2007 01:27
Anonymous
Hi
I have no real preference, if it works I am
happy...
On a personal note as far as I am concerned
Table based templates are easier to modify etc...
TerryF
rsavarese
Re: div or table based templates?
13 December 2007 17:52
Anonymous
Hi all,
The template based on the table is undoubtedly
more flexible. Allows any setting interface directly from the
backend (eg. home with two columns, news section with a column
etc.), And therefore more complex for the changes. The
DrakeDIV (experimental) does not allow any combination from
backend, but if you use a standard scheme for the website (as a
column at the left and / or right), is easier to customize. It
just only on the three graphics files top.png, middle.png and
bottom.png to get a new interface. Further customizations are
possible on other file folder "images" and in the file
template_css.css to "TEMPLATE CLASSES (index.php)"
section.
Regards
Lello
Note:
sorry for my english
adrian
Re: div or table based templates?
13 December 2007 18:41
Anonymous
Quote by rsavarese:
Hi
all,
The template based on the table is undoubtedly
more flexible. Allows any setting interface directly from the
backend (eg. home with two columns, news section with a column
etc.), And therefore more complex for the changes. The
DrakeDIV (experimental) does not allow any combination from
backend, but if you use a standard scheme for the website (as a
column at the left and / or right), is easier to customize. It
just only on the three graphics files top.png, middle.png and
bottom.png to get a new interface. Further customizations are
possible on other file folder "images" and in the file
template_css.css to "TEMPLATE CLASSES (index.php)"
section.
So it is not about speed and
standards? It`s only about what you prefere to use?
rsavarese
Re: div or table based templates?
13 December 2007 19:23
Anonymous
Quote by adrian:
So it is not about speed and standards? It`s only about what
you prefere to use?
yes
stigi
Re: div or table based templates?
13 December 2007 21:29
Anonymous
Quote by adrian:
So it
is not about speed and standards? It`s only about what you
prefere to use?
I'm not sure, but I think
that <div> is more XHTML compatible, than old-style
<table>
trex1512
Re: div or table based templates?
13 December 2007 23:07
Anonymous
Quote by adrian:
So it is not
about speed and standards? It`s only about what you prefere to
use?
As a user, speed is certainly a factor, but
its how it works, looks, and how easy to manipulate that is the
deciding factor..
As a user I am not concerned with
standards, just as long as it works...
Selfish I
know...:-)
TerryF
rsavarese
Re: div or table based templates?
14 December 2007 09:55
Anonymous
Quote by stigi:
I'm not
sure, but I think that <div> is more XHTML compatible, than
old-style <table>
DIV XHTML is more,
but not all browsers behave the same way. In addition, use 'only'
the properties of the css (position, margin, top, left etc) for
layout output dynamically according to the settings in the
backend dates, need much PHP code for controlling themselves to
be always' consistent ' . Ultimately, in my view, the choice
between DIV and TABLE should be made as appropriate.
Lello
adrian
Re: div or table based templates?
14 December 2007 10:56
Anonymous
Thank You guys for info, you helped me, and this topic is still
open to suggestions & stuff anyone wants to share with us. Adrian
legolas558
Re: div or table based templates?
14 December 2007 15:07
Anonymous
Our general policy is (as stated in the docs):
divs
are good, but not essential.
I mean: if divs are not
designed to make a table-based layout, and further more if a
table-based layout made up of divs is not cross-browser
compatible, we will not use divs at all costs.
We plan
to be XHTML 1.1 Strict compatible (some day) but that does not
prevent us from using tables.
So, tables are not
forbidden at all in our officially released templates. But if
divs are more suited (think about an unnecessary single-row
single-cell table) you should use them.
div or table based templates? 
